Briefly: Mario On iPhone, Killer Router, 2016's Best GIFs

Brief news items of note for Lifehacker readers, including: Mario comes to iOS, why you need the Netgear Nighthawk X8 router in your life, the best GIFs of 2016.

Super Mario Run is the first Mario game for iPhone and it's looking amazing. There are three modes - World Tour, Toad Rally and Kingdom Builder - which were recently shown off on The Tonight Show. The game is available to play at Apple stores globally from tomorrow.

The new Netgear Nighthawk X8 AC5300 Tri-Band WiFi VDSL/ADSL Modem Router (D8500) — blimey, what a name — combines the tri-band 802.11ac Wave 2 cred of the original Nighthawk X8 router with an embedded ADSL/ASDL2/ADSL2+/VDSL/VDSL2 modem. Head over to Gizmodo for more details.

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